Famous for creating the screenplay for the file “2001: A Space Odyssey”, considered to be one of the best films of all time, Arthur Charles Clarke was a science fiction writer who had an optimistic view of science empowering mankind.

In his works Franz Kafka explores themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity fusing elements of realism and the fantastic. His protagonists are often faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments.